RFID Technology in Healthcare Industry: Its Challenges and Requirements

Introduction: Nowadays, the health care providers are faced with limited resources and rising costs. Information technology (IT) provides tools and processes required for measurement and control of the process and ultimately improves patient care in the centers of healthcare provider. In this regard...

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Main Authors: Peivand Bastani, Roxana Sharifian, Saeid Ebrahimi, Yousef Mehdipour, Mojdeh Derahaki
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Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2016-06-01
Series:مجله انفورماتیک سلامت و زیست پزشکی
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Online Access:http://jhbmi.ir/article-1-124-en.html
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author Peivand Bastani
Roxana Sharifian
Saeid Ebrahimi
Yousef Mehdipour
Mojdeh Derahaki
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Saeid Ebrahimi
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description Introduction: Nowadays, the health care providers are faced with limited resources and rising costs. Information technology (IT) provides tools and processes required for measurement and control of the process and ultimately improves patient care in the centers of healthcare provider. In this regard, RFID is one of the new technologies and applications that benefits the healthcare industry. But its application in healthcare industry is faced with a lot of challenges and requirements that are discussed in this study. Method: This compressive review aimed to determine the challenges and requirements for applying radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in the hospital system. For this purpose, search engines and databases e.g.,  Scholar Google, Emerald, Science Direct, IranMedex, SID, Magiran, Pubmed using MESH terms and keywords related to RFID technology in the healthcare industry were used. Results: Despite the critical applications of RFID technology in the hospital system, such as tracking patients, equipment, medications, identification and authentication, recognition and enhancing quality, and patient safety, in order to enhance quality and patient safety, this technology is faced with challenges such as technological, economic, institutional, cultural, administrative, social and human problems. Conclusion: The results show that the main challenges for applying RFID technology include project financing, technical limitations, concerns about privacy, lack of senior managers and decision makers’ supports.
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spelling doaj.art-f628aef32add4346a5f01bdca93a3d222023-01-28T10:42:06ZfasKerman University of Medical Sciencesمجله انفورماتیک سلامت و زیست پزشکی2423-38702423-34982016-06-01316575RFID Technology in Healthcare Industry: Its Challenges and RequirementsPeivand Bastani0Roxana Sharifian1Saeid Ebrahimi2Yousef Mehdipour3Mojdeh Derahaki4 M.Sc. in Health Information Technology, Lecturer Health information Technology Dept., Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Introduction: Nowadays, the health care providers are faced with limited resources and rising costs. Information technology (IT) provides tools and processes required for measurement and control of the process and ultimately improves patient care in the centers of healthcare provider. In this regard, RFID is one of the new technologies and applications that benefits the healthcare industry. But its application in healthcare industry is faced with a lot of challenges and requirements that are discussed in this study. Method: This compressive review aimed to determine the challenges and requirements for applying radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in the hospital system. For this purpose, search engines and databases e.g.,  Scholar Google, Emerald, Science Direct, IranMedex, SID, Magiran, Pubmed using MESH terms and keywords related to RFID technology in the healthcare industry were used. Results: Despite the critical applications of RFID technology in the hospital system, such as tracking patients, equipment, medications, identification and authentication, recognition and enhancing quality, and patient safety, in order to enhance quality and patient safety, this technology is faced with challenges such as technological, economic, institutional, cultural, administrative, social and human problems. Conclusion: The results show that the main challenges for applying RFID technology include project financing, technical limitations, concerns about privacy, lack of senior managers and decision makers’ supports.http://jhbmi.ir/article-1-124-en.htmlradio frequency identificationchallengesrequirementshealthcarehospital
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RFID Technology in Healthcare Industry: Its Challenges and Requirements
مجله انفورماتیک سلامت و زیست پزشکی
radio frequency identification
challenges
requirements
healthcare
hospital
title RFID Technology in Healthcare Industry: Its Challenges and Requirements
title_full RFID Technology in Healthcare Industry: Its Challenges and Requirements
title_fullStr RFID Technology in Healthcare Industry: Its Challenges and Requirements
title_full_unstemmed RFID Technology in Healthcare Industry: Its Challenges and Requirements
title_short RFID Technology in Healthcare Industry: Its Challenges and Requirements
title_sort rfid technology in healthcare industry its challenges and requirements
topic radio frequency identification
challenges
requirements
healthcare
hospital
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